Updating changelog + build for 3.10.0

Add Arch Linux (AUR) packaging infrastructure

.github/workflows/publish-aur.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+name: Publish AUR package
+
+# Pushes the contents of pkg/aur/ to the remoteterm-meshcore AUR repository
+# whenever a GitHub release is published. Can also be triggered manually for
+# testing or out-of-band republishes.
+#
+# Required secrets:
+#   AUR_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY  Private SSH key registered with the AUR maintainer
+#                        account that owns the remoteterm-meshcore package.
+#   AUR_COMMIT_EMAIL     Email used for the AUR git commit identity.
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'Version to publish (no v prefix, e.g. 3.9.1)'
+        required: true
+
+concurrency:
+  # Serialize publishes so a fast back-to-back release sequence cannot race
+  # two pushes against the AUR repo. The later one wins by virtue of being
+  # the final state.
+  group: publish-aur
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+jobs:
+  publish-aur:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Resolve version from event
+        id: version
+        run: |
+          if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "workflow_dispatch" ]; then
+            VERSION="${{ inputs.version }}"
+          else
+            VERSION="${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}"
+          fi
+          VERSION="${VERSION#v}"
+          echo "version=$VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "Publishing AUR package for version $VERSION"
+
+      - name: Stamp pkgver into PKGBUILD
+        run: |
+          sed -i "s/^pkgver=.*/pkgver=${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}/" pkg/aur/PKGBUILD
+          sed -i "s/^pkgrel=.*/pkgrel=1/" pkg/aur/PKGBUILD
+
+      - name: Publish to AUR
+        uses: KSXGitHub/github-actions-deploy-aur@v4.1.2
+        with:
+          pkgname: remoteterm-meshcore
+          pkgbuild: pkg/aur/PKGBUILD
+          assets: |
+            pkg/aur/remoteterm-meshcore.install
+            pkg/aur/remoteterm-meshcore.service
+            pkg/aur/remoteterm-meshcore.sysusers
+            pkg/aur/remoteterm-meshcore.tmpfiles
+            pkg/aur/remoteterm.env
+          commit_username: jackkingsman
+          commit_email: ${{ secrets.AUR_COMMIT_EMAIL }}
+          ssh_private_key: ${{ secrets.AUR_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          commit_message: "Update to ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}"
+          # Recompute sha256sums from the live release tarball + the bundled
+          # service/env files. The committed PKGBUILD has SKIP placeholders.
+          updpkgsums: true
+          # Validate the PKGBUILD parses and sources download, but skip the
+          # actual build (which would run uv sync + npm install for several
+          # minutes of CI time on every release).
+          test: true
+          test_flags: --clean --cleanbuild --nodeps --nobuild

AGENTS.md

@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ This message-layer echo/path handling is independent of raw-packet storage dedup
 │   │       ├── MapView.tsx       # Leaflet map showing node locations
 │   │       └── ...
 │   └── vite.config.ts
+├── pkg/aur/                # AUR package files (PKGBUILD, systemd service, env, install hooks)
 ├── scripts/                # Quality / release helpers (listing below is representative, not exhaustive)
 │   ├── build/
 │   │   ├── collect_licenses.sh # Gather third-party license attributions
@@ -216,7 +217,8 @@ This message-layer echo/path handling is independent of raw-packet storage dedup
 │   ├── quality/
 │   │   ├── all_quality.sh      # Repo-standard autofix + validate gate
 │   │   ├── e2e.sh              # End-to-end test runner
-│   │   └── extended_quality.sh # Quality gate plus e2e and Docker matrix
+│   │   ├── extended_quality.sh # Quality gate plus e2e and Docker matrix
+│   │   └── test_aur_package.sh # Build + install AUR package in Arch Docker containers
 │   └── setup/
 │       ├── fetch_prebuilt_frontend.py # Download release frontend fallback
 │       └── install_service.sh         # Install/configure Linux systemd service

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+## [3.10.0] - 2026-04-10
+
+* Feature: Add Arch AUR package
+* Feature: 72hr packet density view in statistics
+* Feature: Add warnings for event loop selection for MQTT on Windows startup
+* Bufix: Bump Apprise to 1.9.9 to fix Matrix bug
+* Misc: More memory-conscious on recent contact fetch
+* Misc: Fix statistics pane e2e test
+
 ## [3.9.0] - 2026-04-06
 
 * Feature: Add hop counts to hop-width selection options

LICENSES.md

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ SOFTWARE.
 
 </details>
 
-### apprise (1.9.7) — BSD-2-Clause
+### apprise (1.9.9) — BSD-2-Clause
 
 <details>
 <summary>Full license text</summary>
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ SOFTWARE.
 ```
 BSD 2-Clause License
 
-Copyright (c) 2025, Chris Caron <lead2gold@gmail.com>
+Copyright (c) 2026, Chris Caron <lead2gold@gmail.com>
 All rights reserved.
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without

README.md

@@ -161,6 +161,29 @@ To stop:
 sudo docker compose down
 ```
 
+## Install Path 3: Arch Linux (AUR)
+
+A [`remoteterm-meshcore`](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/remoteterm-meshcore) package is available in the AUR. Install it with an AUR helper or build it manually:
+
+```bash
+# with an AUR helper
+yay -S remoteterm-meshcore
+
+# or manually
+git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/remoteterm-meshcore.git
+cd remoteterm-meshcore
+makepkg -si
+```
+
+Configure your radio connection, then start the service:
+
+```bash
+sudo vi /etc/remoteterm-meshcore/remoteterm.env
+sudo systemctl enable --now remoteterm-meshcore
+```
+
+Access the app at http://localhost:8000.
+
 ## Standard Environment Variables
 
 Only one transport may be active at a time. If multiple are set, the server will refuse to start.

frontend/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "remoteterm-meshcore-frontend",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "3.9.0",
+  "version": "3.10.0",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",

frontend/src/components/CommandPalette.tsx

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
   Radio,
   Route,
   Search,
-  Sparkles,
+  Star,
   User,
   Waypoints,
 } from 'lucide-react';
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ export function CommandPalette({
                   >
                     <Hash className="text-muted-foreground" />
                     <span>{ch.name}</span>
-                    <Sparkles className="ml-auto h-3 w-3 text-yellow-500" />
+                    <Star className="ml-auto h-3 w-3 text-favorite" />
                   </CommandItem>
                 ))}
               </CommandGroup>
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ function ContactGroup({
         >
           <Icon className="text-muted-foreground" />
           <span>{displayName}</span>
-          {showStar && <Sparkles className="ml-auto h-3 w-3 text-yellow-500" />}
+          {showStar && <Star className="ml-auto h-3 w-3 text-favorite" />}
         </CommandItem>
       ))}
     </CommandGroup>
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ function RepeaterGroup({
         >
           <Waypoints className="text-muted-foreground" />
           <span>{displayName}</span>
-          {showStar && <Sparkles className="ml-auto h-3 w-3 text-yellow-500" />}
+          {showStar && <Star className="ml-auto h-3 w-3 text-favorite" />}
         </CommandItem>,
         <CommandItem
           key={`${c.public_key}-acl`}

pkg/aur/PKGBUILD

@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+# Maintainer: Jack Kingsman <jack@jackkingsman.me>
+
+pkgname=remoteterm-meshcore
+# pkgver is rewritten by .github/workflows/publish-aur.yml on each release.
+pkgver=3.9.0
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc='Web interface for MeshCore mesh radio networks'
+arch=(x86_64 aarch64)
+url='https://github.com/jkingsman/Remote-Terminal-for-MeshCore'
+license=('MIT')
+# No system python dependency — we bundle a standalone interpreter via
+# python-build-standalone so the package is immune to Arch python ABI bumps.
+depends=(glibc)
+makedepends=(uv nodejs npm)
+optdepends=('bluez: BLE transport support')
+backup=(etc/remoteterm-meshcore/remoteterm.env)
+# The bundled python-build-standalone binary ships pre-stripped. makepkg's
+# default strip pass corrupts its unusual ELF layout (.dynstr not in segment),
+# so we disable stripping for the whole package.
+options=(!strip)
+install=remoteterm-meshcore.install
+source=(
+  "$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/jkingsman/Remote-Terminal-for-MeshCore/archive/refs/tags/$pkgver.tar.gz"
+  "remoteterm-meshcore.service"
+  "remoteterm.env"
+  "remoteterm-meshcore.sysusers"
+  "remoteterm-meshcore.tmpfiles"
+)
+# sha256sums are recomputed by `updpkgsums` in the publish workflow before
+# the PKGBUILD is pushed to AUR. The committed values are intentionally SKIP
+# so the file is honest about not tracking real hashes in this repo.
+sha256sums=('SKIP'
+            'SKIP'
+            'SKIP'
+            'SKIP'
+            'SKIP')
+
+# python-build-standalone: stripped install_only builds (~30 MB each).
+# Bump _pyver and _pybuilddate when updating the bundled interpreter.
+_pyver=3.13.13
+_pybuilddate=20260408
+
+source_x86_64=("python-${_pyver}-x86_64.tar.gz::https://github.com/astral-sh/python-build-standalone/releases/download/${_pybuilddate}/cpython-${_pyver}+${_pybuilddate}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-install_only_stripped.tar.gz")
+sha256sums_x86_64=('SKIP')
+
+source_aarch64=("python-${_pyver}-aarch64.tar.gz::https://github.com/astral-sh/python-build-standalone/releases/download/${_pybuilddate}/cpython-${_pyver}+${_pybuilddate}-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-install_only_stripped.tar.gz")
+sha256sums_aarch64=('SKIP')
+
+_srcname="Remote-Terminal-for-MeshCore-$pkgver"
+
+build() {
+  cd "$_srcname"
+
+  # Build frontend
+  cd frontend
+  npm ci
+  npm run build
+  cd ..
+
+  # Create venv using the bundled standalone Python interpreter, then install
+  # Python dependencies into it. This produces a fully self-contained venv
+  # that does not reference the system Python at all.
+  uv venv --python "$srcdir/python/bin/python3" .venv
+  uv sync --no-dev --frozen
+}
+
+package() {
+  cd "$_srcname"
+
+  local _optdir=/opt/remoteterm-meshcore
+  local _instdir="$pkgdir$_optdir"
+
+  # App source
+  install -d "$_instdir"
+  cp -r app "$_instdir/"
+  cp pyproject.toml uv.lock "$_instdir/"
+
+  # Frontend build
+  install -d "$_instdir/frontend"
+  cp -r frontend/dist "$_instdir/frontend/"
+
+  # Bundled Python interpreter
+  cp -a "$srcdir/python" "$_instdir/python"
+
+  # Python venv
+  cp -a .venv "$_instdir/"
+
+  # Fix shebangs and venv config: replace build-time paths with final
+  # install paths so the venv works from /opt after installation.
+  # sed only operates on regular file contents, so symlinks need separate
+  # fixup below.
+  find "$_instdir/.venv/bin" -type f -exec \
+    sed -i "s|$srcdir/$_srcname/.venv|$_optdir/.venv|g" {} +
+  find "$_instdir/.venv/bin" -type f -exec \
+    sed -i "s|$srcdir/python|$_optdir/python|g" {} +
+  sed -i \
+    -e "s|$srcdir/$_srcname/.venv|$_optdir/.venv|g" \
+    -e "s|$srcdir/python|$_optdir/python|g" \
+    "$_instdir/.venv/pyvenv.cfg" 2>/dev/null || true
+
+  # Recreate the venv interpreter symlinks — these are symlinks (not files),
+  # so sed cannot fix them. Point them at the bundled Python.
+  ln -sf "$_optdir/python/bin/python3" "$_instdir/.venv/bin/python"
+  ln -sf python "$_instdir/.venv/bin/python3"
+  ln -sf python "$_instdir/.venv/bin/python3.13"
+
+  # Data directory symlink
+  ln -s /var/lib/remoteterm-meshcore "$_instdir/data"
+
+  # Systemd service
+  install -Dm644 "$srcdir/remoteterm-meshcore.service" \
+    "$pkgdir/usr/lib/systemd/system/remoteterm-meshcore.service"
+
+  # Environment file
+  install -Dm640 "$srcdir/remoteterm.env" \
+    "$pkgdir/etc/remoteterm-meshcore/remoteterm.env"
+
+  # System user and data directory
+  install -Dm644 "$srcdir/remoteterm-meshcore.sysusers" \
+    "$pkgdir/usr/lib/sysusers.d/remoteterm-meshcore.conf"
+  install -Dm644 "$srcdir/remoteterm-meshcore.tmpfiles" \
+    "$pkgdir/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/remoteterm-meshcore.conf"
+
+  # License
+  install -Dm644 LICENSE.md \
+    "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE"
+}

pkg/aur/remoteterm-meshcore.install

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+post_install() {
+  echo "==> Set your radio connection (serial, TCP, or BLE) in"
+  echo "==>   /etc/remoteterm-meshcore/remoteterm.env"
+  echo "==> Start the service with: systemctl enable --now remoteterm-meshcore"
+  echo "==> The web UI will be at http://localhost:8000"
+}
+
+post_upgrade() {
+  # Clean orphaned __pycache__ dirs left by the previous Python version
+  find /opt/remoteterm-meshcore -type d -name __pycache__ -exec rm -rf {} + 2>/dev/null || true
+
+  # Skip systemd operations in chroots/containers where the binary may exist
+  # but PID 1 is not systemd.
+  if [ -d /run/systemd/system ] && command -v systemctl &>/dev/null; then
+    systemctl daemon-reload || true
+    if systemctl is-active --quiet remoteterm-meshcore; then
+      systemctl restart remoteterm-meshcore || true
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+pre_remove() {
+  if [ -d /run/systemd/system ] && command -v systemctl &>/dev/null; then
+    systemctl disable --now remoteterm-meshcore 2>/dev/null || true
+  fi
+}
+
+post_remove() {
+  if [ -d /run/systemd/system ] && command -v systemctl &>/dev/null; then
+    systemctl daemon-reload
+  fi
+
+  echo "==> Database and config remain in /var/lib/remoteterm-meshcore/, remoteterm user retained."
+  echo "==> To fully clean up: sudo rm -rf /var/lib/remoteterm-meshcore"
+}

pkg/aur/remoteterm-meshcore.service

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=RemoteTerm for MeshCore
+Documentation=https://github.com/jkingsman/Remote-Terminal-for-MeshCore
+After=network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User=remoteterm
+Group=remoteterm
+WorkingDirectory=/opt/remoteterm-meshcore
+EnvironmentFile=/etc/remoteterm-meshcore/remoteterm.env
+ExecStart=/opt/remoteterm-meshcore/.venv/bin/uvicorn app.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=5s
+
+StateDirectory=remoteterm-meshcore
+
+# Hardening
+ProtectSystem=strict
+ProtectHome=yes
+PrivateTmp=yes
+NoNewPrivileges=yes
+
+# Serial port access (uucp group on Arch)
+SupplementaryGroups=uucp
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target

pkg/aur/remoteterm-meshcore.sysusers

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+u remoteterm - "RemoteTerm for MeshCore" /var/lib/remoteterm-meshcore

pkg/aur/remoteterm-meshcore.tmpfiles

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+d /var/lib/remoteterm-meshcore 0750 remoteterm remoteterm

pkg/aur/remoteterm.env

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# RemoteTerm for MeshCore configuration
+# https://github.com/jkingsman/Remote-Terminal-for-MeshCore
+
+# Transport: uncomment ONE section below
+
+# Serial auto-detect (default — no config needed)
+
+# Serial manual port
+#MESHCORE_SERIAL_PORT=/dev/ttyUSB0
+
+# TCP
+#MESHCORE_TCP_HOST=192.168.1.100
+#MESHCORE_TCP_PORT=5000
+
+# BLE (also requires the optional `bluez` package)
+#MESHCORE_BLE_ADDRESS=AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF
+#MESHCORE_BLE_PIN=123456
+
+# Database
+MESHCORE_DATABASE_PATH=/var/lib/remoteterm-meshcore/meshcore.db
+
+# Bots can run arbitrary Python on the server. Leave this set to 'true' unless
+# you trust everyone on your network.
+MESHCORE_DISABLE_BOTS=true
+
+# HTTP Basic Auth (recommended when bots are enabled)
+#MESHCORE_BASIC_AUTH_USERNAME=
+#MESHCORE_BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD=

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "remoteterm-meshcore"
-version = "3.9.0"
+version = "3.10.0"
 description = "RemoteTerm - Web interface for MeshCore radio mesh networks"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"

scripts/quality/test_aur_package.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# test_aur_package.sh — Build the AUR package in one Arch container, then
+# install and run it in a clean Arch container with port 8000 exposed.
+#
+# Usage:
+#   ./scripts/quality/test_aur_package.sh [--port PORT]
+#
+# The script streams application logs until you Ctrl-C.
+
+REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.." && pwd)"
+PORT=8000
+if [ "${1:-}" = "--port" ]; then PORT="${2:-8000}"; fi
+
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+CYAN='\033[0;36m'
+BOLD='\033[1m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+
+ARTIFACT_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
+INSTALL_CONTAINER="remoteterm-aur-test-$$"
+
+cleanup() {
+    echo
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}Cleaning up...${NC}"
+    docker rm -f "$INSTALL_CONTAINER" 2>/dev/null || true
+    rm -rf "$ARTIFACT_DIR"
+    echo -e "${GREEN}Done.${NC}"
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+# ── Phase 1: Build ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+echo -e "${BOLD}=== Phase 1: Build AUR package ===${NC}"
+
+docker run --rm \
+    -v "$REPO_ROOT/pkg/aur:/pkg:ro" \
+    -v "$ARTIFACT_DIR:/out" \
+    archlinux:latest bash -c '
+set -euo pipefail
+
+pacman -Syu --noconfirm base-devel git curl >/dev/null 2>&1
+curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh >/dev/null 2>&1
+export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
+pacman -S --noconfirm nodejs npm >/dev/null 2>&1
+
+useradd -m builder
+echo "builder ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" >> /etc/sudoers
+
+BUILD_DIR=/home/builder/build
+mkdir -p "$BUILD_DIR"
+cp /pkg/PKGBUILD /pkg/remoteterm-meshcore.install \
+   /pkg/remoteterm-meshcore.service /pkg/remoteterm-meshcore.sysusers \
+   /pkg/remoteterm-meshcore.tmpfiles /pkg/remoteterm.env "$BUILD_DIR/"
+chown -R builder:builder "$BUILD_DIR"
+
+echo "Building package..."
+su builder -c "export PATH=\"$HOME/.local/bin:\$PATH\" && cd $BUILD_DIR && makepkg -sf --noconfirm" 2>&1
+
+cp "$BUILD_DIR"/remoteterm-meshcore-*.pkg.tar.zst /out/
+echo "Package artifact copied to /out/"
+ls -lh /out/*.pkg.tar.zst
+'
+
+PKG_FILE="$(ls "$ARTIFACT_DIR"/*.pkg.tar.zst 2>/dev/null | head -1)"
+if [ -z "$PKG_FILE" ]; then
+    echo -e "${RED}Build failed — no .pkg.tar.zst produced${NC}"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo -e "${GREEN}Built: $(basename "$PKG_FILE") ($(du -h "$PKG_FILE" | cut -f1))${NC}"
+echo
+
+# ── Phase 2: Install and run ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+echo -e "${BOLD}=== Phase 2: Install and run ===${NC}"
+
+docker run -d \
+    --name "$INSTALL_CONTAINER" \
+    -p "$PORT:8000" \
+    -v "$ARTIFACT_DIR:/pkg:ro" \
+    archlinux:latest bash -c '
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Install the package (sysusers.d creates the remoteterm user, tmpfiles.d creates the data dir)
+pacman -Syu --noconfirm >/dev/null 2>&1
+pacman -U --noconfirm /pkg/*.pkg.tar.zst
+
+# In a container there is no systemd to trigger sysusers/tmpfiles automatically,
+# so run them manually.
+systemd-sysusers
+systemd-tmpfiles --create
+
+echo "============================================"
+echo " RemoteTerm installed — starting server"
+echo "============================================"
+
+# Run as the remoteterm service user, matching the systemd unit
+exec su -s /bin/bash remoteterm -c "cd /opt/remoteterm-meshcore && exec .venv/bin/uvicorn app.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000"
+' >/dev/null
+
+echo -e "${CYAN}Container:${NC} $INSTALL_CONTAINER"
+echo -e "${CYAN}Listening:${NC} http://localhost:$PORT"
+echo -e "${CYAN}Health:   ${NC} http://localhost:$PORT/api/health"
+echo
+echo -e "${YELLOW}Streaming logs (Ctrl-C to stop and clean up)...${NC}"
+echo
+
+docker logs -f "$INSTALL_CONTAINER"

tests/e2e/specs/statistics.spec.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ test.describe('Statistics page', () => {
     await expect(page.locator('h4').getByText('Network')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10_000 });
     await expect(page.getByText('Contacts', { exact: true }).first()).toBeVisible();
     await expect(page.getByText('Channels', { exact: true }).first()).toBeVisible();
-    await expect(page.locator('h4').getByText('Packets')).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(page.locator('h4').getByText('Packets', { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
   });
 });

uv.lock

@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "remoteterm-meshcore"
-version = "3.9.0"
+version = "3.10.0"
 source = { virtual = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "aiomqtt" },